Toy boat



0. E. WALL.

TOY BOAT.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. I4, l9l9. 1,318,623. Patented oci-...14,1919l gs"w s l.,

. ORMONDEDGARWALL QE.HQNOLULU...TERB1T10EY QEHAWAIi.

TOY BOAT- Be it known that I, OBMOND E. WALL, a

citizen of the United States, anda resident in .Toy.Boats, ofwhichthezj'ollowingis a specification.

\Myl.-.invention is an Vimprovement in4 toy the spring,.when undertension, holdingthe vanes vin divingv position and. when relaxedpermittingtliein .to-move into rising position.

'A `further `object of my invention 4is to .V provide. aspringcontrolledgun or .topedo tube, and means for normally restrainingthe action ofthe spring controlled by the tensioning and relaxing of.the spring.

A, further: object o' theinvention is to trolled by 4other mechanismniountedo'nV the substantially lvertical rudder for steering the boatlaterally and is arranged to beswung `intooperative.positioirvvlien the,rudder is.v

swunglaterally into inoperative position at operative .-position.

approximate right angles to the .axis ofz the g boat and to bereleasedfrom thek springv arm in suclrfrnanner that the rudders; will belisijrnultanejously swung ini the sanievfrdirection -when theilnkffsmovedflolgitudnally, that ,winding mechanism whentherudder is -in In thedrawings diving lor an operative position;

looking in the direction thegparts in.a;uother position;

. Figure;` 1 isf-:atopfplan view. of the' im; .proved boat; 1 y Fig...2is afsi'de view,ishowing the boatinpasses between the. periStOpeS r1:1.ofJ the TSubspecification of. Lederwaren. ratentedct. 14,1919. .3.'Application.-,1edMarch 14, 4'15H9'. eSerialfNo. 282,692.

.type,;and consisting of alowen section ,fl .and .f

.an upper ,section 2, the said sections being .fdetaohably .connectedbymeans of the tapering ferrule 13 at the irear, which. is. conboats,andhastfor its' object .to provide a llooatof the characterfspecifiedand ofthe submarine type, whereinpropelling inechal vnisln isprovided,and approximately yhori- .zontal vanes or: rubberslare provided for`.causing the boat .to diveor rise: in the water, 'i kwherein thepropeller .isspring controlled, and they vanes. arecontrolled byr the.same spring asV that which controls the propeller,

respect. t0 the.l section' l, the .angular portion of the'l boltavillcome intoregister 'withthe tliro'ughfa.` slot 5 exzendingklongitudinallv .of

theuppersection ItA will .be evident; lthat when. the section2. ispushed `forw ardly with i slot, .and the ffront end of.; the` upper.;section sufficiently far to release the bolt4,;after which.: the :rearend of. the upper section may bewvwiithdrawn fronr the Ifeu'rule.

The lowersection carries son `its undersur- .Y facel and iintermediate;its ,end. s Aa. .center .l boardy, andthefuppler.sectioncarries on its4uppersurface and .intermediate its-..fends a superstructure?.4tVertical;middels8 for as- A. sisting inl guiding the-boat laterallyL4are arranged at yeach end offthesuperstructure, being privotally.connected therewitlng and leach rudderhas lanangular` arm-9 at itsyinner trend,A tht/arms .extending in Y opposite directions ('Ehse armsare Cornucatedl by a link Y10M/.luth is .pivotallyf connectedrto. :each

is,-when Alone'.:rudderat theleft :of {Fig 1 '1 will -alsobesvvungupwardly. Thislink marine, asshowl nLFigS-:i-lahd. y

Asprng; gun .0r torpedo tube 12;.isanoi1uted` on the Aupper `surface othersubrnarine, .thesadgunpontng forwardly, anda-prodaptedftobeflleldiwithufthe .@gungand tO-fbefshot; therefrom. ff-Thefje-cton ofthe projectile is controlled by-aspringl.

duced portion, to prevent the ejection of the.

projectile under the influence of the spring.v

The pin is normally pressed downward by a spring 16, and a plate 17 isconnected to the lower end of the pin. This plate is guided verticallyby means of a guide pin 18 which is held in the upper section of theboat and has a head at its lower end, the

pin passing through an opening in the` plate.

The propeller 19 of the boat is secured to a propeller shaft 2O which isjournaled at the stern of the boat, and the propeller is driven by meansof a spring 21 which, in the present instance, is a rubber band orbands, which may be twisted together to drive the propeller. These bandsare connected at one end to the propeller shaft 20 and at the other to alink 22 which, at its forward end, is connected to a laterally offsetportion or crank 23 on a shaft 24 journaled transversely of the boatnear the forward end thereof. The link 22 has a lug 25 which, when thespring 21 is under tension, will engage the plate 17 as shown in Figs. 3and 4, and will hold the plate lifted, to hold the pin 15 in operativeposition to prevent ejection of the projectile.

As soon as the tension is relaxed the link 22 will be lowered, as willalso the lug 25, and the projectile will be released. Wings or vanes 26are secured to the ends of the shaft 24, and these wings or vanes are soarranged that when the spring is under tension they will be heldinclining upwardly toward the stern of the boat, as shown in Fig. 2, toconstrain the boat to dive and to hold it under water. As soon as thetension of the spring is relaxed, however, the vanes will not be heldrigidly against the action of the water but will swing to permit theboat to rise to the surface. The spring is placed under tension by meansof a crank 27 j ournaled in the rudder 28 which guides the boathorizontally. This crank has s ecured thereto a gear wheel `29 which isadapted to mesh with a pinion 30 Yon the propeller shaft, when therudder is swung with its plane at right angles to the propeller shaft.frame 31 upon which it is journaled to swing laterally to permit theturning of the propeller shaft on the winding of the spring. The uppersection 2 of the boat has openings 32 for admitting lwater to the in-Yterior of the hull.

The rudder is supported by a In use, when it is desired to put thespring under tension the rudder 28 is turned with its plane at rightangles to the long axis of Vthe boat, and by turning the crank thepeller and will dive beneath the surface. As

soon as the tension of the spring is relaxed toa suiicient degree theprojectile willbe released. The swinging of the rudder into normalposition disengages the gear wheel 29 from the pinion 30 and permits thepropeller to function under the yinfluence ofthe spring.

' I claim:

1. A boat having a propeller at one end, a spring extendinglongitudinally of theboat and connected to the propeller at one end forrotating the same, a spring gun on the boat, a pin extending into thebarrel of the gun for engaging a projectile to hold the spring undertension, said pin being engaged at its lower end by the spring to holdthe same in proper position when the spring is tensioned and to releasethe projectile when the spring is relaxed, horizontal guiding rudders atthe opposite sides of the boat, a shaft to which the rudders areconnected, said shaft having a crank within the boat and that end of thespring remote from the propeller being connected to the crank to holdthe rudders in diving position when the spring Vis under tension.

2. A boat having a propeller, a spring for driving the propeller; meansfor tensioning the spring, a crank shaft journaled transversely of theboat near the bow thereof and having radial vanes at its ends at eachside of the boat, the spring of the propeller being connected at one endto the crank of the crank shaft to Vhold the rudders in diving positionwhen the spring is under tension.

3. A boat having a propeller, a spring for driving the propeller,horizontal guiding vanes on opposite sides of the boat and rigidlyconnected, and means in connection with the vanes and controlled by thetensioning of the spring for moving-the vanes into diving position andfor holding them in such position until the tension of the springrelaxes. I

4. A boat having a spring controlled pro'- peller, diving vanes inconnection with the boat, and a connection between the'spring of thepropeller and the vanes for moving the said vanes into diving positionwhen the spring is under tension and for holding them in such positionuntil the tension of the spring relaxes. f

5. A boat havinga propeller, a shaft on which the propeller isjournaled, afspring for driving the shaft, a rudder mounted to swing ona vertical axis at the stern of the peller and driving venes forconstraining boat, a gear wheel having a crank journaled the boat todive and controlled by the tenon the rudder, 'a pinion on the propellersion of the spring to diving position and by 10 shaft, the gear Wheelbeing arranged to enthe relaxing of the spring to elevating posi- 5 gagethe pinion when the rudder is swung tion.

at right angles to the axis of the boat.

6. A boat having a spring controlled pro- ORMOND EDGAR WALL.

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